Stories

At the western edge of Gujarat, where the Kutch landscape approaches the Arabian Sea, Narayan Sarovar forms a distinctive ecological refuge. The area is known…

Gujarat’s wildlife sanctuaries protect a remarkable range of habitats, from the dry forests of Gir to the grasslands of Velavadar, the Rann’s saline landscapes…

Gujarat's forested landscapes hold far more than tigers, lions, and teak. Scattered across the protected tracts of the state lie temple ruins, stepwells,…

Gujarat’s forests are often associated with Asiatic lions, dry deciduous woodland and thorn scrub, yet their rivers and seasonal streams support a quieter form…

Bird song is a measure of forest vitality. In Gujarat's dry deciduous woodlands, where the Asiatic lion shares habitat with peafowl, hornbills and countless…

Gujarat’s forests support far more than timber and wildlife habitat. Across dry deciduous woodland, thorn forest, scrub, grassland and coastal landscapes,…

Across the dry belts of Gujarat, the land carries the memory of water even when no surface flow is visible for months. Channels that roar during the south-west…

Forested tracts stretch across Gujarat like a green ribbon stitched into an otherwise arid landscape, and within those tracts live communities whose knowledge…

The annual arrival of Demoiselle cranes in Gujarat turns the state's freshwater wetlands into one of South Asia's most evocative wildlife spectacles. Each…

In the bleached salt crust of the Little Rann of Kutch, a stout, spiny reptile slips into a burrow as the sun begins to bite. The spiny-tailed lizard, known…